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A just weight and balance are the LORD’s : all the weights of the bag are his work. (KJV)

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פֶּ֤לֶס\׀Pe.lesa balance

Lemma: פֶּ֫לֶס (pe.les) · Strong's: H6425

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: balance

Used 2 times. Also: Isaiah 40:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6425; TAHOT Proverbs 16:11 word 1

וּמֹאזְנֵ֣יu.moz.Neiand scales of

Lemma: מֹאזֵן (mo.zen) · Strong's: H3976

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Dual · Construct (HNcmdc)

Meaning: balance

Used 15 times. Also: Leviticus 19:36, Job 6:2, Job 31:6, Psalms 62:9, Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 20:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3976; TAHOT Proverbs 16:11 word 2

מִ֭שְׁפָּטMish.potjustice

Lemma: מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) · Strong's: H4941H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: justice

Used 165 times. Also: Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 21:9, Exodus 23:6, Numbers 27:5, Deuteronomy 10:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4941H; TAHOT Proverbs 16:11 word 3

לַֽיהוָ֑הla.Yah.weh[belong] to Yahweh

Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: LORD

Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Proverbs 16:11 word 4

מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗הוּma.'a.Se.hu[are] work his

Lemma: מַעֲשֶׂה (ma.a.seh) · Strong's: H4639K

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: deed

Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 20:9, Genesis 44:15, Leviticus 18:3, Deuteronomy 11:3, 1 Samuel 8:8, 1 Samuel 19:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4639K; TAHOT Proverbs 16:11 word 5

כָּל\־kol-all

Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: all

Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Proverbs 16:11 word 6

אַבְנֵי\־'av.nei-[the] weights of

Lemma: אֶ֫בֶן (e.ven) · Strong's: H0068H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: stone: weight

Used 13 times. Also: Leviticus 19:36, Deuteronomy 25:13, Deuteronomy 25:15, 2 Samuel 14:26, Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 20:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0068H; TAHOT Proverbs 16:11 word 7

כִֽיס\׃Khis[the] bag

Lemma: כִּיס (kis) · Strong's: H3599

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: purse

Used 5 times. Also: Deuteronomy 25:13, Proverbs 1:14, Isaiah 46:6, Micah 6:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3599; TAHOT Proverbs 16:11 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Honest	→	מִשְׁפָּט H4941H justice
scales	→	פֶּ֫לֶס H6425 balance
and balances	→	מֹאזֵן H3976 balance
[are from] the LORD	→	יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD
all	→	כֹּל H3605 all
the weights	→	אֶ֫בֶן H0068H stone: weight
in the bag	→	כִּיס H3599 purse
are His concern	→	מַעֲשֶׂה H4639K deed

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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